Tazewell County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Tazewell County’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Tazewell County economy

4.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.0% the month before
14,125
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
39,933
people in Tazewell County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$45,788
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Tazewell County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs down 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 4.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.9%, down 0.1 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Tazewell County. Each link goes to the publisher.

Logistics company laying off 81 employees in Lebanon CountyABC27 · Oct 28, 2026

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Tazewell County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Tazewell County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Tazewell County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Charter Communications1 open role
CRH Public1 open role
Walmart1 open role

Colleges in Tazewell County

Colleges in Tazewell County
College	City	Type	Students
Bluefield University	Bluefield	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Tazewell County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Virginia? How to file for unemployment in Virginia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Southwest Virginia Workforce Development Board
Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Norton, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, Wise

Virginia Career Works Richlands Center
Richlands · Comprehensive · 276-963-2660
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Cities in Tazewell County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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